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The new standards for cyber-resilient backup
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Predictable cloud backup spending strengthens strategic IT planning by aligning cost optimization with data resilience rather than treating them as competing priorities.
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Implement backup reporting for improved data governance
Data visibility and governance are more important than ever in 2026. Reporting can help ensure that your organization understands what it has in its data backups.
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Magnetic tape backup eases storage cost and capacity concerns
Data growth can strain already thin budgets. Today's LTO-10 tapes provide dense capacity at lower costs than cloud storage that meet your organization's backup and recovery goals.
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As severe weather increases worldwide, organizations must understand the risks to on- and off-premises data and take steps to prevent outages and loss.
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RAID 1 vs. RAID 0: Which level is best for data protection?
RAID 1 and RAID 0 are two of the most basic RAID levels. While one offers better performance, backup admins might choose the level that provides redundancy to better protect data.
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The new standards for cyber-resilient backup
Learn about the role of backup resilience as a frontline security control and how IT leaders can prepare their organizations to mitigate risk and meet compliance needs.
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5 backup monitoring tools for better data protection
Do you know where your backups are? Check out this list of cross-platform backup monitoring tools that provide insight into backup performance and health.
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Master cloud backup costs for more predictable IT spending
Predictable cloud backup spending strengthens strategic IT planning by aligning cost optimization with data resilience rather than treating them as competing priorities.
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Magnetic tape backup eases storage cost and capacity concerns
Data growth can strain already thin budgets. Today's LTO-10 tapes provide dense capacity at lower costs than cloud storage that meet your organization's backup and recovery goals.
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Magnetic tape backup eases storage cost and capacity concerns
Data growth can strain already thin budgets. Today's LTO-10 tapes provide dense capacity at lower costs than cloud storage that meet your organization's backup and recovery goals.
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Why you should be using backup monitoring software
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SaaS shared responsibility model: What vendors don't cover
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4 long-term backup options for enterprise data
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Implement backup reporting for improved data governance
Data visibility and governance are more important than ever in 2026. Reporting can help ensure that your organization understands what it has in its data backups.
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Ways to protect data platforms from turnover risk
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How extreme weather events affect data
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10-step guide for testing a backup and recovery plan
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How to prevent data loss: 4 strategies for better data protection
Preventing data loss doesn't start and end with better data backups. An organization's culture, IT strategy and choice of tools all play important roles.
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8 ways to use AI for data backup
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12 enterprise cloud backup services to consider in 2026
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How to avoid data loss in a natural disaster
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Data Backup Basics
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What is a data retention policy?
In business settings, data retention is a concept that encompasses all processes for storing and preserving data, as well as the specific time periods and policies businesses enforce that determine how and for how long data should be retained.
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SaaS shared responsibility model: What vendors don't cover
Don't let your organization lose cloud data to misplaced trust and thin vendor protections. Learn what providers don't cover and how to build backups that pass audits.
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Backup environment evaluation: Verify before you buy
As backups move toward integrated data protection, this guide explains why recovery speed, environment‑wide visibility and maturing AI features should guide platform choices.
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Veeam releases Agent Commander to combat agentic AI risk
Agent Commander is the first feature to come out of the vendor's acquisition of Securiti AI in December of last year.
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Wasabi Technologies releases Covert Copy to protect backups
The resilience-focused feature aims to protect critical backup data from both external and internal threats.
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Veeam Data Platform update puts focus on AI, security
The new version features a range of new and improved capabilities, with a focus on data security and AI enhancements.
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